Episode 196: The Pom-Pom Mom
It was January 31st, 1991, when the news in Channelview, Texas came out with a shocking revelation: a local mother was arrested for hiring a hit man to try to get her daughter on the local cheerleading squad. Nothing like this had ever happened in the Houston community… how could a seemingly normal, friendly mom of a young girl have done something so heinous? This is the story of the Pom-Pom Mom, Wanda Holloway.
Sources for this episode:
https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/Wanda-Holloway
https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/the-cheerleader-murder-plot/
https://abc13.com/pom-mom-texas-cheerleader-wanda-holloway-channelview-cheerleading-scandal/1722508/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/wanda-holloway-trial-1991
https://www.ranker.com/list/texas-cheerleader-plot/mariel-loveland
